Originally, 젖꼭지 means a nipple. But it also means pacifier for babies.
포대기 – Bunting, Swaddle
카시트 – Child safety seat (in a car)
턱받이 – Bib
모빌 – Mobile
딸랑이 – Rattle
배냇저고리 – the first clothes for the newborn
Before childbirth
임신(하다) <妊娠> – pregnancy, to be pregnant
임산부 – pregnant woman
임산복 / 임부복 – maternity dress
혼전임신 – be pregnant before wedding
초음파검사 – ultrasound
성별 – sex
In Korea, doctors should not tell parents the sex of baby. It is illegal. So, sometimes doctors give a hint. ‘Your baby is so handsome.’ or ‘Your baby is so pretty.’ or ‘Your baby looks like mother/father.’ or ‘Pink/Blue clothes will look nice on baby.’
입덧 – morning sickness
입덧을 하다 – to have morning sickness
만삭 – the last month of pregnancy
자궁 – uterus
양수 – the water
양수가 터지다 – the water break
During childbirth
아기를 낳다 / 출산(하다) <出産> – Childbirth, to give birth
진통 – Labor pains
진통이 시작되다 – To begin to have labor pains
(출산)예정일 – One´s expected date of confinement
자연분만 – Natural childbirth
제왕절개수술 – Caesarean operation
순산하다 – To have an easy delivery Right after childbirth, if mother is OK and baby is OK, a nurse says “순산하셨습니다.(Everything is OK)” for the family.
탯줄 – The umbilical cord
탯줄을 자르다 – To cut the umbilical cord
인큐베이터 – Incubator
After childbirth
닮다 – To look like
아빠를 닮다
엄마를 닮다
젖을 주다 / 수유하다 – To nurse
모유 – Mother´s milk
초유 – Colostrum, Foremilk
우유를 먹이다 – To give a baby some milk
분유 – Powdered milk
젖병 – Nursing bottle
이름을 짓다 – give a name
작명소 – Naming place
○자 돌림 : For example, ‘우리 가족은 준자 돌림이예요’ means that every child has a ‘준’ in their name. “My name is 희준, my elder brother’s name is 태준, and my younger brother’s name is 석준.”
~을 따서 짓다 – To call after ‘아버지의 이름을 따서 지었다.’
출생신고를 하다 – To register one´s birth
백일잔치 – Party given to a hundred-day-old baby
첫돌 – The first birthday
돌잔치 – The birthday party for one´s one-year-old baby
The others
난자 – Egg cell
정자 – Sperm
착상하다 – To be implanted on the uterine wall
대리모 – Surrogate mother
인공수정 – Artificial insemination
시험관아기 – Test tube baby
미혼모 – Unmarried mother
피임하다 – To prevent conception
피임약 – Contraceptive
콘돔 – Condom
낙태수술 – Surgical operation to cause abortion
출산율 – Birth rate, Fertility rate
Fertility rate in Korea has dropped to 1.19 children per woman. (by 2008)
몽고반점 – Mongolian Spots
A Mongolian Spot is a benign flat congenital birthmark with wavy borders and irregular shape, most common among people of East Asian descent, and named after Mongolians. Asian babies are born with a birthmark on her buttocks. The western people who doesn’t know about mongolian spots think it is a bruise. So sometimes, they believe that is ‘child abuse’ and notify to the police. If you see a bruise on baby’s buttocks in Korea, don’t be freaked out. It’s just a 몽고반점. And it will be gone when the babies get old.
